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On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 17:58 +0100, Michael Mortimore wrote: > On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:25:07 +0100, james kilty <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > I want to try some of the newer distros on the Linux Format disc plus > > Mint soon and will need to set up users called jamesmint etc on my home > > partition. Please could I be reminded where the instructions are? > > Any reason you don't want to use the same user for all distros? I thought the hidden files for the different programmes might have different values in each distro for whatever is stored there so it is best practice. > > there's the useradd command (man useradd) to do it on the command line, > or kde has kuser as a graphical tool for that sort of stuff. Not sure what > the gnome equivalent is called but I think there's a good chance of one > existing. I was wondering if there was anything I should be careful about in the setting up process - format new partition, use old swap space, presumably I can just add the new user without it formatting the existing /home. James -- james kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html